Apple Tree - Cody Tyler

My summers were spent with Granny B

Swingin' underneath the apple tree

A boy of 5 naïve to life

Didn't take much to feel just right

 

Watching birds through a kitchen window

Walk to the pond and chase minnows

Sway with the trees in a noon time breeze

Those days go by so fast it seems

 

Time flies by and seasons change

God brings sun, we pray for rain

We all grow old, stave off the pain

Find our peace in what remains

 

Summer days underneath the apple tree

Ten years later, a boy of 15

No longer doing as he's told

His mind won't let him fit the mold

 

Time flies by and seasons change

God brings sun, we pray for rain

We all grow old, stave off the pain

Find our peace in what remains

 

Less time for family, less time for play

That boy's grown and moved away

Granny longs for those younger days

That old tree stands just the same

 

When it's her time, age comes to call

Like apples ripen in the fall

We'll smile at the memories made

And reminisce of golden days

 

Time flies by and seasons change

God brings sun, we pray for rain

We all grow old, stave off the pain

Find our peace in what remains